Timo Rurik Antero Pihkala

Date of birth 17.11. 1967 Place of birth Tampere, Finland

Education 2001 University of Vaasa Vaasa Doctor of Science in Economics

1997 University of Vaasa Vaasa Licentiate In Economics

1995 University of Växjö, Sweden Växjö European Doctoral Program on Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

1994 University of Vaasa Vaasa Master in Economics

Professional 1.10.2009 - Lappeenranta University of Technology Lahti experience Professor (Management and organization, especially entrepreneurship and SME-management) School of Business and Management

1.3.2005 – 31.9.2009 Lappeenranta University of Technology Lahti Professor (Management and organization, especially entrepreneurship and SME-management)

1.2.2003 – University of Vaasa Vaasa Docent in Entrepreneurship, especially new venture creation and SME-development

1.6.2001 – 28.2.2005 Lappeenranta University of Technology Lahti Professor, act. (Business Administration, SME Management and Development)

1.9.1999 – 31.5.2001 University of Vaasa Vaasa Professor, act. (Business administration, Management and Organization)

1.8.1998 – 31.5.2001 University of Vaasa Vaasa Senior lecturer (Business administration, Management and Organization)

1.1.1998 - 31.6.1998 University of Vaasa Vaasa Associate professor, act. (Business administration, Management and Organization)

Supervised PhDs 1. Tuija Oikarinen: Organizational learning – case study of tensions in learning processes in industrial enterprises. First supervisor. Public defense 22.2. 2008. Lappeenranta University of Technology.

2. Sanna Tihula: Management teams in managing succession: Learning in the context of family-owned SMEs. Second supervisor. Public defense 14.11. 2008. University of Kuopio.

3. Leena Peuhu: The formation and evaluation of strategic expectations in ERP-implementation projects in medium sized companies. First supervisor. Public defense 28.11. 2008. Lappeenranta University of Technology.

4. Markku Ikävalko: Contextuality in SME ownership – studies on owner-managers’ ownership behaviour. First supervisor. Public defense 21.5.2010. Lappeenranta University of Technology.

5. Marita Rautiainen: Dynamic Ownership in Family Business Systems - A Portfolio Business Approach. First supervisor. Public defense 2.11.2012. Lappeenranta University of Technology.

6. Tuuli Ikäheimonen: The board of directors as a part of family business governance – multilevel participation and board development. First supervisor. Public defense 7.11.2014. Lappeenranta University of Technology.

7. Elena Ruskovaara: Entrepreneurship Education in Basic and Upper Secondary Education – Measurement and Empirical Evidence. First supervisor. Public defense 14.11.2014. Lappeenranta University of Technology.

8. Johanna Kolhinen: Yliopiston yrittäjämäisyyden sosiaalinen rakentuminen. Case: Aalto-yliopisto. First supervisor. Public defense 2.10.2015. Lappeenranta University of Technology.

9. Jari Kattainen: Network cooperation of public business services organizations – a case study. Public defense 4.11. 2016. First supervisor. Lappeenranta University of Technology.

10. Timo Suhola: Professional networking relationships within public health services – the case of student care. Public defense 13.1. 2017. First supervisor. Lappeenranta University of Technology.

Doctoral students

11. Rakhshanda Khan. Contribution of socially driven businesses and innovations towards social sustainability. Second supervisor.

12. Suvi Konsti-Laakso: Organising user-based innovation processes. First supervisor.

13. Hanna Peltonen. Conceptions of ownership in joint ventures – a study of Finnish-Russian joint ventures. First supervisor.

14. Leevi Toivonen: Service dominant logic and the personal sales within B2B. First supervisor.

15. Pasi Lahtinen: Estimating the age of finnish SMEs – a study of cohorts. First supervisor.

16. Katja Lahikainen: Development of academic entrepreneurship: exploring spin-off process of research outcomes. First supervisor.

17. Iiro Nylund: The valuation of SMEs in sell-outs. First supervisor.

18. Kaarina Sommarström: Teachers’ practices in co-work with enterprises and other organizations. First supervisor.

19. Hanna Sievänen: Board activities in business transitions. First supervisor.

20. Hannele Rautamäki: Resourcefulness and student entrepreneurship. First supervisor.

Awards Best Paper award Sanna Joensuu-Salo, Kirsti Sorama, Elina Varamäki, Heikki Hannula, Elena Ruskovaara, Minna Hämäläinen and Timo Pihkala (2016). Opettajan yritysyhteistyöaktiivisuuden ja organisaation tuen merkitys yrittäjyyden opettamisessa. Yrittäjyyskasvatuspäivät, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

Supervisor of the Year Timo Pihkala (2015). For outstanding supervision based on doctoral student feedback. LUT Doctoral School. Lappeenranta December 2015.

Nominee for the Best paper on Conference Theme Award Marita Rautiainen, Martti Mäkimattila, Tuuli Ikäheimonen and Timo Pihkala (2015). Innovation in family business tradition – the business portfolio. Hamburg, Germany, 2015.

Most Innovative paper award Ikävalko, Markku – Timo Pihkala – Iiro Jussila (2007). Familiness in terms of psychological ownership – ownership profile perspective. 7th annual Ifera Conference, European Business School, Germany, 2007.

Best paper award. Pihkala, Timo – Vesalainen, Jukka (2000). Barriers to Entrepreneurship – Educational Opportunities. IntEnt-conference, Tampere, July, 2000.

Distinguished paper award. Vesalainen, Jukka - Pihkala, Timo (1997). Entrepreneurial Identity, Intentions and the Effect of the Push-factor. Allied academics International Conference, Maui, October 1997.

Professional Member – Working group developing the entrepreneurship policy activities recommendations for Finnish universities, Universities Finland UNIFI and the Federation of Finnish Enterprises, 2016

Visiting professor – St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, 16.2.- 16.5.2015

Invited Expert - Workshop on Entrepreneurship Competence Framework, JRC-IPTS, Seville, 24-25 March 2015

Member of the board of directors – Lahti university of applied sciences, 2015-

Scientific evaluator - expert group evaluating “National Guidelines for Entrepreneurship Education”. Finnish Ministry of Education. 2014-2015.

Invited expert - Thematic Forum on Developing Entrepreneurial Universities, Swansea, 21-23 May 2014

Invited speaker - 5th European University – Business Forum in Brussels on 4-5 June 2013

Member of the board of directors – Public regional health care organization Oiva, 2013

Chairman of the board – Finnish national culture fund, regional division, 2016 - ; Member of the board 2012-2016;

Member – WOOD – research program advisory group, Finnish Forest research institute. 2008 – 2013

Member – Pro Economia-award 2008- selection committee. The Finnish Business School Graduates, 2008.

Scientific advisor – Päijät-Häme regional council, Project developing the municipalities ownership policies, 2006 – 2007.

Scientific advisor – Lahti science and business park, Centre of excellence development group, 2006.

Member of the board of directors – Development Centre of Päijät-Häme furniture industry Ltd, 2005- 2007.

Additionally a large set of memberships of development project advisory groups, project manager positions, co-operation groups etc. since year 1994.

Evaluations and doctoral processes Opponent – Juha Tall doctoral dissertation ”Yrityskauppa ja strateginen uudistuminen”, University of Vaasa 11.3. 2014

Scientific evaluator – Research director for management and organization, University of Vaasa, 2013

Scientific evaluator – Docent/biträdande professor, Dr Vinit Parida, Luleå Tekniska Universitet, Sweden. 2013.

Opponent – Juho Soirinsuo doctoral dissertation, University of Helsinki, Faculty of agriculture and forestry 31.11.2012

Scientific evaluator – Professorship, University of Oulu, Faculty of Business, 2012.

Scientific evaluator – Docent, work studies, PhD Hanna Toiviainen, University of Vaasa 22.3.2011

Scientific evaluator – Professor of network communication, PhD Pekka Aula, University of Helsinki 2.8.2010.

Scientific evaluator – Professor of Marketing, PhD Leila Hurmerinta- Peltomäki, Turku School of Business and Economics 30.11.2010.

Opponent – Jouko Isokangas, University of Oulu, 2009

Examiner – Jouko Isokangas, University of Oulu, 2009

Examiner - Tuija Toivola dissertation ‘Verkostoyrittäjyys uudessa taloudessa’. University of Vaasa 2.8.2005.

Scientific evaluator – Professor of marketing PhD Leila Hurmerinta- Peltomäki, Turku School of Business and Economics. 6.6.2005.

Scientific evaluator – Professor of entrepreneurship education, PhD Paula Kyrö, Tampereen yliopisto 15.6.2005.

Examiner - Pekka Nokso-Koivisto licentiate dissertation ’Julkiset toimijat verkostoitumisessa erilaisten verkostoaktivaattoreiden kokemina’. University of Jyväskylä, 12.11. 2002.

Examiner Tuija Toivola licentiate dissertation ‘Pk-yrityksen innovatiivisuus ja uudistuminen – vertaileva case-tutkimus uuden ja vanhan talouden yrityksistä’. University of Vaasa, 2002.

Examiner Joakim Wallenklint Licentiate dissertation ‘A Managerial perspective on Small-firm network Organizations’. Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, 21.11. 2001.

Examiner Erno Tornikoski licentiate dissertation 'Entrepreneurship through constructivist lenses: visionary entrepreneurship process'. University of Vaasa, 1999.

Editorships and reviews

Member of the board – Periodical of Entrepreneurship Education

Guest editor – International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Special issue on Entrepreneurial behavior in family businesses, with Markku Ikävalko and Sascha Kraus. 2010.

Guest editor – International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Special Issue on corporate entrepreneurship and front end innovation, with Vesa Harmaakorpi. 2010

Reviewer tasks: Academy of Management, Entrepreneurship division Academy of Management, Business policy and Strategy division Ammattikasvatuksen aikakauskirja Creativity and Innovation Management Education + Training IFERA annual conferences International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. International Journal of Technology Marketing. International Marketing review Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Journal of Small Business Management Regional studies Review of Management Science Teaching and Teacher Education Työelämän tutkimus

Teaching activities: Scientific director of the Master’s program on Technological entrepreneurship since 2013.

Responsibilities as directing master’s programs on entrepreneurship and a wide range of bachelor- and master’s-level courses on entrepreneurship, strategic management and networking since 1995. A detailed description of teaching activities in the teaching portfolio.

Major projects 2014-2015 Entrepreneurship Evaluation Tool for Universities of Applied Sciences. Independent enterprises Fund, € 174 000.

2011-2013 Päijät-Häme - an aspiring global forerunner in practice- based innovation. Regional Council of Päijät-Häme/ERDF, € 547 618.

2012-2015 TES The Entrepreneurial School. Project co-funded by the European Community, Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP). € 58 932 (LUT’s share) / 838 000 € (total).

2011-2013 Reflexive research-based art in practice-based innovation. Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, € 470 230.

2010-2012 Cocreative Living Environments. Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, € 157 690.

2010-2012 Sustainable Innovations and Treatment in Industrial Waste Water Clusters. European Commission, €75 840.

2009-2011 From a shopping mall to an urban centre. Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland/Ministry of the Environment, €100 000.

2008-2012 Measurement Tool for Entrepreneurship Education. Finnish National Board of Education, European Social Fund, 961 648 €.

2008-2011 Lahti Living Lab. Regional Council of Päijät-Häme/ERDF, € 244 475.

2007-2010 Systematizing business competence management. Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, € 78 336.

2007-2010 Innovativeness and modern organization structures. Tekes/Workplace Development Program, € 291 226.

2005-2008 Empowerment in fragmented companies - OR-BITS. Häme Employment and Business Centre, € 240 079.

2006-2008 Public procurement and supplier collaboration in municipalities. Foundation for Municipal Development, € 65 000.

2003-2005 Analysing and developing SME time consumption and entrepreneurship skills. County Administrative Board of Southern Finland, € 127 920.

2003-2005 Networking as a Tool for Competence Management. County Administrative Board of Southern Finland, € 138 760.